Charlie1977's Personal Name List

Alex
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English, Dutch, German, French, Portuguese, Romanian, Greek, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Hungarian, Czech, Russian
Other Scripts: Άλεξ(Greek) Алекс(Russian)
Pronounced: AL-iks(English) A-lehks(Dutch, German, Romanian, Czech) A-LEHKS(French) A-lekhs(Icelandic) AW-lehks(Hungarian)
Rating: 60% based on 25 votes
Short form of Alexander, Alexandra and other names beginning with Alex.
Alpha
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AL-fə
Rating: 26% based on 9 votes
From the name of the first letter in the Greek alphabet, Α.
Aquarius
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Astronomy, English (Rare)
Pronounced: ə-KWEH-ri-əs(British English) ə-KWEHR-ee-əs(American English)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Means "water-carrier" or "cup-carrier" in Latin. This is a constellation in the zodiac, between Capricornus and Pisces.
Armistice
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture, American (Rare)
Rating: 23% based on 7 votes
From the English word armistice meaning "truce, ceasefire", ultimately derived from Latin arma "arms" and -stitium "stoppage". This is the name of a character on the HBO series 'Westworld'.
Baako
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Akan
Means "first born child" in Akan.
Beckett
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: BEHK-it
Rating: 48% based on 13 votes
From an English surname that could be derived from various sources, including from Middle English bec meaning "beak" or bekke meaning "stream, brook".
Bell
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BEL
Personal remark: nn for any 'Bell-' names.
Rating: 21% based on 8 votes
Transferred use of the surname Bell 1.
Blackbird
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 24% based on 7 votes
From the name of the animal, introduced into popular culture by the 1968 song of the same name performed by The Beatles.
In some cases it might also be a transferred use of the surname Blackbird.
Blessing
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (African)
Pronounced: BLEHS-ing
Rating: 16% based on 7 votes
From the English word blessing, of Old English origin. This name is most common in Nigeria, Zimbabwe and other parts of Africa.
Carey
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KEHR-ee
Rating: 25% based on 24 votes
From an Irish surname, the Anglicized form of Ó Ciardha, which is a patronymic derived from the given name Ciardha.
Carlisle
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: kahr-LIEL
Rating: 42% based on 24 votes
From a surname that was derived from the name of a city in northern England. The city was originally called by the Romans Luguvalium meaning "stronghold of Lugus". Later the Brythonic element ker "fort" was appended to the name of the city.
Casey
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAY-see
Rating: 45% based on 26 votes
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Cathasaigh, a patronymic derived from the given name Cathassach. This name can be given in honour of Casey Jones (1863-1900), a train engineer who sacrificed his life to save his passengers. In his case, Casey was a nickname acquired because he was raised in the town of Cayce, Kentucky.
Channing
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: CHAN-ing
Rating: 41% based on 24 votes
From an English surname of uncertain origin.
Charlie
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: CHAHR-lee
Rating: 54% based on 22 votes
Diminutive or feminine form of Charles. A famous bearer was the British comic actor Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977). It is also borne by Charlie Brown, the main character in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles Schulz.
Cloud
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture
Pronounced: KLOWD
Rating: 43% based on 7 votes
Derived from the English word cloud. In Popular Culture, this is the name of the main protagonist (Cloud Strife) in "Final Fantasy VII", who also makes an appearance in "Dissidia: Final Fantasy".
Cypress
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: American (Rare)
Pronounced: SIE-pris
Rating: 54% based on 8 votes
From the English word cypress, a group of coniferous trees. Ultimately from Greek kuparissos.
Dell
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DEHL
Rating: 35% based on 22 votes
From an English surname that originally denoted a person who lived in a dell or valley.
Diamant
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Albanian
Rating: 23% based on 8 votes
Derived from Albanian diamant "diamond".
Dusty
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DUS-tee
Rating: 26% based on 14 votes
From a nickname originally given to people perceived as being dusty. It is also used a diminutive of Dustin. A famous bearer was British singer Dusty Springfield (1939-1999), who acquired her nickname as a child.
Fergie
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Scottish
Personal remark: nn for any 'Ferg-' names.
Rating: 14% based on 8 votes
Diminutive form of Fergus.
Flannery
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: FLAN-ə-ree
Rating: 27% based on 14 votes
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Flannghaile, derived from the given name Flannghal meaning "red valour". A famous bearer was American author Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964).
Freddie
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FREHD-ee
Rating: 32% based on 9 votes
Diminutive of Frederick or Freda. A noteworthy bearer was the musician Freddie Mercury (1946-1991), born Farrokh Bulsara, the lead vocalist of the British rock band Queen.
Garland
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: GAHR-lənd
Rating: 37% based on 24 votes
From a surname meaning "triangle land" from Old English gara and land. The surname originally belonged to a person who owned a triangle-shaped piece of land.
Gates
Usage: English
Pronounced: GAYTS
Personal remark: (f/m)
Rating: 19% based on 7 votes
Originally denoted a person who lived near the town gates.
Harley
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAHR-lee
Rating: 52% based on 13 votes
From an English surname that was derived from a place name, itself from Old English hara "hare" or hær "rock, heap of stones" and leah "woodland, clearing". An American name for boys since the 19th century, it began to be used for girls after a character with the name began appearing on the soap opera Guiding Light in 1987.
Hawkeye
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English, Popular Culture
Rating: 31% based on 7 votes
From the English words "Hawk", referring to the type of predatory bird, and "eye". Having a 'hawkeye' means being "particularly observant, especially to small details, or having excellent vision in general".

Hawkeye is the superhero name of Marvel comics character and Avenger, Clint Barton, whose hero name is due to him being an expert marksman with a bow and arrow. This is also the superhero name of his protege, Kate Bishop, who is also highly skilled with a bow. Hawkeye Pierce is the main protagonist of the 'M*A*S*H' novels, film, and television series. The character was played by Donald Sutherland in the film and by Alan Alda on television. Hawkeye is also a character in the novel, film, and television series 'Last of the Mohicans'.

Hayden
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAY-dən
Rating: 58% based on 25 votes
From an English surname that was derived from place names meaning either "hay valley" or "hay hill", derived from Old English heg "hay" and denu "valley" or dun "hill". Its popularity at the end of the 20th century was due to the sound it shared with other trendy names of the time, such as Braden and Aidan.
Hunter
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HUN-tər
Rating: 53% based on 22 votes
From an English occupational surname for a hunter, derived from Old English hunta. A famous bearer was the eccentric American journalist Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005).
Innocent
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: History (Ecclesiastical), English (African)
Pronounced: IN-ə-sənt(English, African English)
Rating: 22% based on 21 votes
From the Late Latin name Innocentius, which was derived from innocens "innocent". This was the name of several early saints. It was also borne by 13 popes including Innocent III, a politically powerful ruler and organizer of the Fourth Crusade.

As an English-language name in the modern era, it is most common in Africa.

Jacey
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: JAY-see
Rating: 38% based on 5 votes
An invented name, using the popular phonetic element jay and the same sound found in names such as Casey and Macy.
Jamie
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Scottish [1], English
Pronounced: JAY-mee
Rating: 57% based on 23 votes
Originally a Lowland Scots diminutive of James. Since the late 19th century it has also been used as a feminine form.
Kiran
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Gujarati, Nepali, Urdu
Other Scripts: किरण(Hindi, Marathi, Nepali) ಕಿರಣ್(Kannada) కిరణ్(Telugu) കിരൺ(Malayalam) கிரண்(Tamil) કિરણ(Gujarati) کرن(Urdu)
Rating: 45% based on 22 votes
Derived from Sanskrit किरण (kiraṇa), which can mean "dust" or "thread" or "sunbeam".
Kitsune
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese (Rare), Popular Culture
Other Scripts: (Japanese Kanji) きつね(Japanese Hiragana) キツネ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: KEE-TSOO-NE(Japanese)
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Means "fox" in Japanese.

Fictional characters include Kitsune from Usagi Yojimbo and Mitsune "Kitsune" Konno (紺野 みつね "キツネ") from Love Hina.

This name is not given in Japan.
-------------------------------------
From Japanese きつね (kitsune) meaning "fox".

Loren
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LAWR-ən
Rating: 46% based on 19 votes
Either a short form of Laurence 1 (masculine) or a variant of Lauren (feminine).
Mack 1
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAK
Personal remark: Nickname for any names beginning with 'Mac-'.
Rating: 31% based on 24 votes
From a surname, originally a shortened form of various Irish and Scottish surnames beginning with Mac or Mc (from Irish mac meaning "son"). It is also used as a generic slang term for a man.
Macmillan
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (African)
Rating: 15% based on 4 votes
Transferred use of the surname MacMillan.
Makoto
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: , etc.(Japanese Kanji) まこと(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: MA-KO-TO
Rating: 44% based on 8 votes
From Japanese (makoto) meaning "sincerity", as well as other kanji or kanji combinations.
Marley
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: MAHR-lee
Rating: 45% based on 20 votes
From an English surname that was taken from a place name meaning either "pleasant wood", "boundary wood" or "marten wood" in Old English. A famous bearer of the surname was the Jamaican musician Bob Marley (1945-1981).
Merle
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English, Estonian
Pronounced: MURL(English)
Personal remark: As a single given name or nickname for Merrill.
Rating: 35% based on 23 votes
From the English word merle or the French surname Merle, which both mean "blackbird" (from Latin merula). It was borne by the devious character Madame Merle (in fact her surname) in Henry James' novel The Portrait of a Lady (1880).

This name is also common for girls in Estonia, though a connection to the English-language name is uncertain.

Navy
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: NAY-vee
Rating: 42% based on 5 votes
From the English word meaning "sea force, fleet, armed forces of the sea". It is derived from Old French navie, from Latin navigia, the plural of navigium "boat, vessel". It also refers to a shade of dark blue, a colour traditionally associated with naval uniforms.
Newt
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: NOOT
Personal remark: Nickname for the name right under this one.
Rating: 27% based on 12 votes
Short form of Newton.
Newton
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: NOO-tən, NYOO-tən
Rating: 21% based on 12 votes
From a surname that was originally derived from a place name meaning "new town" in Old English. A famous bearer of the surname was the English physicist Isaac Newton (1643-1727).
Nicky
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: NIK-ee
Personal remark: Or (f & m). Nickname for any names beginning with 'Nic-/Nick-'.
Rating: 37% based on 12 votes
Diminutive of Nicholas or Nicole.
Novak
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Serbian
Other Scripts: Новак(Serbian)
Rating: 42% based on 12 votes
From Serbian нов (nov) meaning "new". A notable bearer is the Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic (1987-).
Olatokunbo
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Yoruba
Other Scripts: Ọlátòkunbọ̀(Pan-Nigerian)
Rating: 10% based on 7 votes
Means "wealth or nobility returns from overseas" in Yoruba. It is typically given to a child born abroad and later brought home.
Perry
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: PEHR-ee
Rating: 30% based on 9 votes
From a surname that is either English or Welsh in origin. It can be derived from Middle English perrie meaning "pear tree", or else from Welsh ap Herry, meaning "son of Herry". A famous bearer of the surname was Matthew Perry (1794-1858), the American naval officer who opened Japan to the West.
Peyton
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: PAY-tən
Rating: 37% based on 23 votes
From an English surname, originally a place name meaning "Pæga's town". This was a rare masculine name until the 1990s. In 1992 it was used for a female character in the movie The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, and, despite the fact that it was borne by the villain, the name began to rise in popularity for girls as well as boys [1].

Famous bearers include Peyton Randolph (1721-1775), the first president of the Continental Congress, and American football quarterback Peyton Manning (1976-).

Phoenix
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: FEE-niks
Rating: 55% based on 21 votes
From the name of a beautiful immortal bird that appears in Egyptian and Greek mythology. After living for several centuries in the Arabian Desert, it would be consumed by fire and rise from its own ashes, with this cycle repeating every 500 years. The name of the bird was derived from Greek φοῖνιξ (phoinix) meaning "dark red".
Pittiulaaq
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Inuit
Other Scripts: ᐱᑦᑎᐅᓛᖅ(Inuktitut)
Rating: 8% based on 4 votes
Means "black guillemot" in Inuktitut (a guillemot is a type of sea bird; species Cepphus grylle).
Polaris
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Astronomy, Popular Culture, English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: pə-LEHR-is(English)
Rating: 50% based on 7 votes
Derived from Latin stella polaris, meaning "pole star". This is the proper Latin name of the brightest star in the constellation Ursa Minor, commonly called the North Star or Pole Star. It is borne by a character (real name Lorna Dane) in Marvel's X-Men line of comics, created in 1968.
Presley
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: PREHS-lee
Rating: 28% based on 19 votes
From an English surname that was originally derived from a place name meaning "priest clearing" (Old English preost and leah). This surname was borne by musician Elvis Presley (1935-1977).
Qamar
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu
Other Scripts: قمر(Arabic, Urdu)
Pronounced: KA-mar(Arabic)
Rating: 18% based on 5 votes
Means "moon" in Arabic.
Quicksilver
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture
Rating: 23% based on 4 votes
Quicksilver is the 'mutant' name of a protagonist, and sometimes antagonist, of Marvel's line of X-Men and Avengers comics. His real name is Pietro Maximoff, and he is the son of Magneto. His mutant name is a reference to his ability of moving and thinking at superhuman speeds, and the fact he is typically depicted with silver hair. He is portrayed by actors Evan Peters in Fox's X-Men film series, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson in Disney's The Avengers film series.

This is also the super-hero name of DC comics protagonist Max Mercury, who is also capable of super-human speed. He is sometimes known as Mercury.

Quinn
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KWIN
Rating: 60% based on 14 votes
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ó Cuinn, itself derived from the given name Conn. In the United States it was more common as a name for boys until 2010, the year after the female character Quinn Fabray began appearing on the television series Glee.
Raleigh
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RAW-lee, RAH-lee
Rating: 38% based on 11 votes
From an English surname that was derived from a place name meaning either "red clearing" or "roe deer clearing" in Old English. A city in North Carolina bears this name, after the English courtier, poet and explorer Walter Raleigh (1552-1618).
Remington
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: REHM-ing-tən
Rating: 40% based on 5 votes
From an English surname that was derived from the name of the town of Rimington in Lancashire, itself meaning "settlement on the Riming stream". It may be given in honour of the American manufacturer Eliphalet Remington (1793-1861) or his sons, founders of the firearms company that bears their name.
Robin
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English, French, Dutch, Swedish, Czech
Pronounced: RAHB-in(American English) RAWB-in(British English) RAW-BEHN(French) RAW-bin(Dutch) RO-bin(Czech)
Rating: 59% based on 8 votes
Medieval English diminutive of Robert, now usually regarded as an independent name. Robin Hood was a legendary hero and archer of medieval England who stole from the rich to give to the poor. In modern times it has also been used as a feminine name, and it may sometimes be given in reference to the red-breasted bird.
Ronnie
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RAHN-ee
Personal remark: Or (f & m). Nickname for any (m) names beginning with 'Ron-', or for Veronica (f).
Rating: 36% based on 22 votes
Diminutive of Ronald or Veronica.
Rory
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Irish, Scottish, English
Pronounced: RAWR-ee(English)
Rating: 64% based on 20 votes
Anglicized form of Ruaidhrí. Typically a masculine name, it gained some popularity for girls in the United States after it was used on the television series Gilmore Girls (2000-2007), in this case as a nickname for Lorelai. Despite this, the name has grown more common for boys in America, especially after 2011, perhaps due to Northern Irish golfer Rory McIlroy (1989-).
Sawyer
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SOI-ər, SAW-yər
Rating: 46% based on 17 votes
From an English surname meaning "sawer of wood". Mark Twain used it for the hero in his novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876).

Very rare as an American given name before 1980, it increased in popularity in the 1980s and 90s. It got a boost in 2004 after the debut of the television series Lost, which featured a character by this name.

Seven
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SEHV-ən
Rating: 48% based on 4 votes
From the English word for the number, derived from Old English seofon (from an Indo-European root shared by Latin septem and Greek ἑπτά (hepta)).
Sheridan
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SHEHR-i-dən
Rating: 43% based on 21 votes
From an Irish surname (Anglicized from Irish Gaelic Ó Sirideáin), which was derived from the given name Sirideán possibly meaning "searcher".
Sherwood
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SHUR-wuwd
Rating: 40% based on 20 votes
From an English place name (or from a surname that was derived from it) meaning "bright forest". This was the name of the forest in which the legendary outlaw Robin Hood made his home.
Shiloh
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: שִׁלוֹ, שִׁילֹה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: SHIE-lo(English)
Rating: 33% based on 21 votes
From an Old Testament place name possibly meaning "tranquil" in Hebrew. It is also used prophetically in the Old Testament to refer to a person, often understood to be the Messiah (see Genesis 49:10). This may in fact be a mistranslation.

This name was brought to public attention after actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt gave it to their daughter in 2006.

Stargazer
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
From the English word stargazer "one who stargazes" or "a daydreamer".
Storm
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern), Dutch (Modern), Danish (Modern), Norwegian (Modern)
Pronounced: STAWRM(English, Dutch)
Rating: 48% based on 19 votes
From the vocabulary word, ultimately from Old English or Old Dutch storm, or in the case of the Scandinavian name, from Old Norse stormr. It is unisex as an English name, but typically masculine elsewhere.
Sunset
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Personal remark: nn Sunny.
Rating: 36% based on 8 votes
From the English word "sunset" referring to the setting of the sun at the end of the day.
Temüülen
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Mongolian
Other Scripts: Тэмүүлэн(Mongolian Cyrillic)
Rating: 17% based on 6 votes
Means "striving, aspiring" in Mongolian. This was the name of the sister of Genghis Khan.
Thunder
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English, English (American, Modern, Rare), Popular Culture
Pronounced: THUN-der(English)
Rating: 20% based on 7 votes
From the English word thunder meaning "a loud rumbling or crashing noise heard after a lightning flash due to the expansion of rapidly heated air’ from Old English thunor.
Ulloriaq
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Greenlandic
Rating: 18% based on 6 votes
Means "star" in Greenlandic [1].
Wealthy
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Puritan), American (Rare), English (Canadian, Rare), English (African, Rare)
Rating: 15% based on 6 votes
Meaning, "having a great deal of money, resources, or assets; rich." In this case, spiritual blessings from God. From Middle English welthy, welþi, equivalent to wealth +‎ -y.
Wilder
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 47% based on 6 votes
From an English surname meaning "wild, untamed, uncontrolled", from Old English wilde.
Willie
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WIL-ee
Personal remark: Or ( f & m). Nickname for William (m), or any of that kind, whether (m) or (f).
Rating: 18% based on 9 votes
Masculine or feminine diminutive of William. Notable bearers include the retired American baseball player Willie Mays (1931-) and the musician Willie Nelson (1933-).
Wisdom
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: WIZ-dəm
Rating: 28% based on 22 votes
Simply from the English word, a derivative of Old English wis "wise".
behindthename.com   ·   Copyright © 1996-2024